The Pros And Cons Of Plays

Plays have been around for centuries, they have brought people joy, sadness, humor, and many other emotions. Plays are a way for people to spend time with each other while having a good time doing so. Plays are able to bring people together, but there are limitations that plays reach like setting, theme, characters, and structure. When plays run into these limitations and they still demanded by people they could become movies. In a movie, people can do just about not anything that they would like to do that cannot be done in a play. Although in movies people can do just about anything they can think of the movie does not turn out to be as good as the play. However, not all movies about plays are bad there are actually many movies that are based on plays that some of the best movies made, plays are turned to movies so that the director can try they bring it to life and show what they play could be using the movie production. …show more content…
According to absoluteshakespeare.com during Shakespeare’s life, he was able to write thirty-seven plays in which were very popular such as Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, and A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream. The play that took all of pop culture by storm would end up being Romeo and Juliet there are many movies that were produced based on plays. In addition, the one that stands out above all the rest is Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet the film was made in 1968 and seems to follow the play to a fault. The movie would then go on to win two Oscars. The movie was a great representation of the play, making plays into movies could help people understand the play more clearly, because the director is able to use structure, characters, tone, and theme more precisely to help make a